Feng Shui Santa Cruz Notes: Turn off TV or Radio News!
Many Americans grew up with the TV always on, even during meal times. In many homes, the TV is background for life. People watch morning, dinner-time and late evening news shows, and fill their minds with horrible images right before they go to bed! And some people leave the TV on all night as company when they are sleeping!
During the day, many commuters listen to “talk radio.”
When my father was ill, I tried to get him to listen to classical music or something neutral instead of talk radio while he was falling asleep, but I never won that battle. Old habits die hard.
When you are in a sleep state, your brain is still receiving information . . . to hear people argue and talk about disturbing political situations cannot help a person’s health or outlook on life.
I think this is another learned habit that is helpful to take a look at.
To me, it is simply “garbage in, garbage out.” I think bad news can’t help but disturb you or effect you on some level.
I have found it freeing to experiment with other inputs . . . sometimes I like listening to music, or a CD lecture series on a subject I am interested in (usually psychology, sociology or something metaphysical).
I find when the TV is off, it gives me a chance to dream up my life in ways that are outside of the status quo – outside of “regular programming.”
I think the creative talents of many people are being sucked dry by the lure of the TV . . . every time I shut it off and do something, I am actually living my life, instead of merely “vegging out.” I think the desire to “veg out” is created by a desire for pleasure and also a response to stress.
I do have guilty TV pleasures – just recently my grandson and I spent hours watching TIVO’d episodes of “The Office,” a show we both enjoy at the moment, and that was a very nice way to bond and relax and spend some quality time together, but normally the TV is used to pacify and tune life out and becomes an automatic pilot way to “live.”
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